This was because the MG34 was better suited to static defense positions in fortress mounts and for use in armored vehicles.
At the same time, the plant also took the lead in MG34 manufacture despite the MG34 having been largely supplanted in the infantry by the MG42. All this changed in 1943 when pressures on the German arms industry and re-organization of rifle production within the Reich dictated that the Brno factory be re-assigned to begin production of the standard K98k pattern service rifle.
The VZ-24 continued to be manufactured as the G24(t) and in 1940, the G33/40 mountaineer's carbine was added to production for the German Heer. When the Third Reich occupied the Sudatenland and annexed the rest of Czechoslovakia in 19 respectively, the arms plant at Brno was incorporated into the Nazi armaments industry. German Mauser Serial Number Searchīefore the Second World War, Czechoslovakia had produced the VZ-24 Mauser rifle for many years at their arms factory in in the city of Brno, having received most of their tooling from Germany under the Versailles Treaty in the 1920's. Note: Pics of rifle provided courtesy of moderator Claven2. (37 picture virtual tour) Observations: (by 'Claven2') 0-88935-278-XĬanadian Collector Market Value Estimate: $ The 'Arctic' K98k (click here), (click here), CZECHOSLOVAK Mauser Bayonets and Variations (click here) and MG34-MG42 GERMAN UNIVERSAL MACHINEGUNS by Folke Myrvang ISBN No.
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